Round-robin games set for Milton, Trenton, Cobourg, Mississauga beginning Nov. 4
The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is proud to announce the new OJHL Prospects Series, a showcase event highlighting the top 2008- and 2009-born players from across the region. The six-game series will take place in four communities — Milton, Mississauga, Trenton, Cobourg — with details regarding the championship game to be announced in the coming weeks.
The Prospects Series will feature six teams competing in a round-robin format followed by a championship game. Selected players will be named to three teams representing OJHL East and three teams representing OJHL West. Following the round-robin, the top two teams will advance to the championship game.
A preliminary list of participating prospects includes more than 90 players who have been drafted by Ontario Hockey League teams and players with NCAA Division I commitments, underscoring the depth of talent taking part in the Prospects Series.
“The landscape in junior hockey has rapidly changed,” said Rick Morocco, OJHL VP Business Operations. “The OJHL Prospects Series is a great new event designed to showcase the top 2008 and 2009 players over a multi-month period of time with the goal of showing each player’s development, while preparing them for higher levels of hockey in the next step in their career.”
OJHL Prospect Series schedule:
Nov. 4 Prospects Series East Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens, Trenton, ON 7:30
Nov. 11 Prospect Series East – Cobourg Community Centre, Cobourg, ON 12:30
Nov. 17 Prospects Series West – Milton Memorial Arena, Milton, ON 12:30
Dec. 2 Prospects Series East – Cobourg Community Centre, Cobourg, ON 7:30
Dec. 15 Prospects Series West – Milton Memorial Arena, Milton, ON 12:30
Dec. 29 Prospects Series West – Port Credit Memorial Arena, Mississauga, ON 7:30
Jan. 6 Prospect Series Championship – TBD 7:30
The new Prospects Series will be featured on the OJHL website (ojhl.ca) with Prospect League standings, top scorers, top goalies as well as player features. All games will be webcast on FLO Hockey and will include a suite of analytics courtesy of SportLogiq.
The OJHL will be announcing more exciting big news on its new Prospects Series in the coming weeks including rosters, staff announcements and much more.
About the OJHL – “League of Choice”
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of theCanadian Junior Hockey League with 24 member clubs. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U SPORTS, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 135 commitments in 2024-25, including 54 to NCAA Division 1 and 29 to the Ontario Hockey League. In addition, the OJHL had 39 OHL Affiliate Players who played 152 OHL games. Thirty-five OJHL alumni played in the NHL in 2025.
For more information on the Ontario Junior Hockey League, please visit www.ojhl.ca
